four-color

American  

[fawr-kuhl-er, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌkʌl ər, ˈfoʊr- /

adjective

Printing.

1. noting or pertaining to a process for reproducing colored illustrations in a close approximation to their original hues by photographing the artwork successively through magenta, cyan, and yellow color-absorbing filters to produce four plates that are printed successively with yellow, red, blue, and black inks.

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Example Sentences

County has remained in the worst ranking of the state’s four-color tiered ranking system, with disease transmission considered widespread.

From Los Angeles Times

The book includes 43 portraits by the 43rd president, four-color paintings of immigrants he has come to know over the years, along with biographical essays he wrote about each of them.

From Seattle Times

On a four-color alert level, in which red is the worst and green the best, Mexico City downgraded the city’s alert to “orange” even though it has the country’s largest numbers of infections and deaths.

From Washington Times

On a four-color alert level, in which red is the worst and green the best, Mexico City said it was downgrading the city’s alert to “orange” even though it has the country’s largest numbers of infections and deaths.

From Seattle Times

A new, four-color coding system will be in place by June 1 to tell people and businesses what activities are allowed.

From Washington Times